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Bradford Doolittle, ESPN Staff Writer 9y

Impact of Brandon Jennings injury

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All feel-good stories have a limited shelf life, and it appears the one in Detroit may have ended after one month.

The resurgent Pistons learned Sunday that point guard Brandon Jennings has been lost for the season after going down with a ruptured Achilles near the end of the third quarter of the Pistons' loss to Milwaukee on Saturday night.

You have to feel for Jennings, but as always, we also have to sort out what this injury means for the player and the team. Let's do so FAQ style.

How long will Jennings be out?

The most recent high-profile Achilles injury in the NBA was the one Kobe Bryant suffered late in the 2012-13 season. At the time, ESPN's Kevin Pelton wrote about the history of that type of injury. As Pelton wrote, the standard recovery time for this kind of injury is typically six to 10 months. Bryant was back on the court in about eight months, but he lasted only six games before going down with an unrelated knee injury.

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